Favorite Soundtrack Only Songs

VEGANGELICA · 12-31-2011, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra

Megadeth has a couple of really amazing songs that basically were released for only soundtrack that are generally much better than their regular studio output:

I like the video for "99 Ways to Die," especially when the images of children killed by guns flash across the screen during the frenzied electric guitar solo! The gun statistics are chilling. I didn't realize how many children die due to using their parents' handguns.

I looked up the video and learned it was directed by Wayne Isham. He did a good job bringing more depth to that song.

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Originally Posted by Zaqarbal

Someone had to mention Moon River (Mercer & Mancini for Breakfast at Tiffany's). Impossible not to fall in love with Audrey Hepburn.

Ooo! I had no idea that "Moon River" is from the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's," which I've never seen, Zaqarbal. Yes, isn't Audrey Hepburn elegantly adorable?

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3. Say You, Say Me, from White Nights. Perhaps because I associate it with Isabella Rossellini, who was amazingly beautiful in that movie.

Heh...I never cared for that song and had forgotten it came from "White Nights," but I remember eating up the movie because it had dancing! I've forgotten almost everything about the movie other than the general plot...Soviet dancer defects to the U.S....but I *do* remember Isabella Rossellini.

prettymachine · 12-31-2011, 08:36 PM

When I was younger, I loved the Private Parts soundtrack and the Lost Highways soundtrack.

Above · 01-01-2012, 09:14 AM

Love Robin Hood. Had this on tape.

I'm pretty sure a soundtrack exists for it, but it was limited to vinyl and they released it in the 70s, so it's out of print now.

VEGANGELICA · 01-01-2012, 10:48 AM

I originally posted this in the "What Are You Listening To Right Now II" thread, then decided it would be better placed here:

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Originally Posted by Above

My favourite soundtrack ever. Never fails to soothe me. Speaking of soundtracks, I wish the forum was more active.

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"Watership Down," with my favorite track being "Bright Eyes."

I remember when I first watched the movie. I was 18 and visiting frends in Mildenhall for several days. They happened to have the movie, and so one night I watched it. Then I stayed up and watched it two more times!

I especially love the dreaminess and longing in this song, which appears at least twice in the movie:

"Bright Eyes" from the movie "Watership Down"
perfomed by Art Garfunkel and written by Mike Batt.
A good summary of life and death:

(The first video has some hiccups in the music, unfortunately)

Watership Down - Bright Eyes - YouTube

Okay, here's track 10, "Bright Eyes," without any hiccups (but no hopping rabbits

):

And to finish off my online homage to "Bright Eyes," here's Art Garfunkel singing it!

Art Garfunkel performing "Bright Eyes"

P.S. ^ There's some activity for ya.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-01-2012, 12:30 PM

Alice Cooper recorded this song for some low budget movie in 1984. I don't think it ever got released anywhere until it came out on his Life & Crimes box set a few years ago.
I think he sounds a lot like Iggy Pop on this song.

Zaqarbal · 01-07-2012, 04:31 PM

Another classic: Johnny Guitar (the famous movie directed by Nicholas Ray). By Peggy Lee.

slatesphanboi · 01-08-2012, 12:37 AM

Fiona Apple - Across the Universe!

mr dave · 01-12-2012, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by prettymachine

When I was younger, I loved the Private Parts soundtrack and the Lost Highways soundtrack.

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ribbons · 01-15-2012, 01:28 AM

Stevie Wonder - "Feeding Off The Love Of The Land"
Played during the closing credits of Jungle Fever (1991)
I remember staying to the end because I thought the song was so lovely.

Above · 02-05-2012, 08:48 AM

12-31-2011, 08:36 PM	#62 (permalink)
prettymachine Groupie Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 18	When I was younger, I loved the Private Parts soundtrack and the Lost Highways soundtrack. __________________ LFM. RYM.

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Above Oh my golly! Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: England Posts: 339	Love Robin Hood. Had this on tape. I'm pretty sure a soundtrack exists for it, but it was limited to vinyl and they released it in the 70s, so it's out of print now. __________________ Be pure, Be vigilant, Behave

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Alice Cooper recorded this song for some low budget movie in 1984. I don't think it ever got released anywhere until it came out on his Life & Crimes box set a few years ago. I think he sounds a lot like Iggy Pop on this song. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	Another classic: *Johnny Guitar* (the famous movie directed by Nicholas Ray). By Peggy Lee. __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies."

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Above Oh my golly! Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: England Posts: 339	__________________ Be pure, Be vigilant, Behave

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slatesphanboi Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 124	Fiona Apple - Across the Universe!

01-15-2012, 01:28 AM	#69 (permalink)
ribbons Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,265	Stevie Wonder - "Feeding Off The Love Of The Land" Played during the closing credits of Jungle Fever (1991) I remember staying to the end because I thought the song was so lovely.